Dry End Superintendent
CanforAbout the role
Are you a forward-thinking leader in the industrial sector, recognized for your accountability and ability to lead teams to success? If yes, our Dry End Superintendent role at our DeRidder, LA Sawmill may be just what you're looking for.
As a vital member of the management team, the Dry End Superintendent embodies a safety-focused mindset and exemplifies strong teamwork. This role holds responsibility for spearheading leadership from the dry kilns to the finished inventory and ensuring excellent safety performance, collaborating closely with department heads to optimize divisional operations for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
The life of a Dry End Superintendent includes:
- Confers with management personnel to establish production and quality control standards, develop budget and cost controls, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
- Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.
- Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
- Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and operating or production problems.
- Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.
- Revises production schedules and priorities as a result of equipment failure or operating problems.
- Consult with engineering personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products.
- Conducts hearings to resolve or effect settlement of personnel issues and refers unresolved grievances for management by human resources.
- Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data.
For this role, you’ll come equipped with:
- 5-10 years of experience in the lumber manufacturing industry
- 2-5 years of supervisory experience
- Proven ability in leadership, achieving goals, and managing safety performance
- Effective communicator with strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Solid knowledge of performance management and continuous improvement processes
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving and team-building skills
- Solid understanding and knowledge of optimization equipment and processes
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to lead change initiatives
- A maintenance background is considered an asset
If you're a dynamic leader with exceptional interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, ready to lead change initiatives and make a lasting impact, don't hesitate to click that "apply" button today!
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